People Who Have to Be Worse-off Than Others

There was this girl at school who had got her finger burned while baking, and I told her how I burnt my finger a few weeks ago doing the same thing—just making small talk, not comparing. Then she said, all upset, “But mine’s worse because I got two at once!” I said, “Okay.” What is this, an I’m-better-than-you-’cause-my-life-sucks-more contest?